Dr. Edward P. Duliba has met the qualifications for the title of Correspondence Grandmaster, confirmed by ICCF Titles Commissioner, Ron Langeveld. In doing so Dr. Duliba becomes only the ninth ICCF-US Federation member to attain this lofty height. His Medal and Title Certificate will be awarded at the ICCF Congress to be held in September in Leeds, England.

The two Norms needed for this title were earned in the 7 th PanAmerican Team Championship where he played on board 1 and in Section 05 of the 27th World Correspondence Chess Championship Candidates Tournament. The PanAm tournament was a category VII event. Ed went undefeated with a score of 9-0-5 exceeding the GM Norm of 11.0 by one-half point. In the category XI WCCC27CT05(WS) Candidates Tournament he has won 5 games and drawn 6 thereby equaling the GM Norm despite still having one game remaining to complete. The crosstables can be located at the following sites:

In his November 2008 “The Check is in the Mail” column, Alex Dunne noted that Ed had captured the “Grand Slam” of US Correspondence chess having won all three premier tournaments, the Golden Knights (1992), the Absolute twice (2007 & co-champ 1998) and the USCCC (15th). Now he has added an International “Grand” prefix to his name and we trust there are more to come as he ascends toward the World Championship final. Congratulations Ed!